Kyle Artelle

My colleagues and I investigate the role of science in wildlife management and conservation. We study British Columbia’s populations of black and grizzly bears to explore various concerns related to this overlap, including the effects of food availability on bear diet, population dynamics, and bear-human conflict, and risks posed by trophy hunt management. The scale of these investigations ranges from provincial (using government datasets) to the Central Coast, where we partner with the Heiltsuk, Wuikinuxv, Kitasoo/Xai’xais, and Nuxalk First Nations to conduct non-invasive field monitoring of grizzly and black (including spirit bear) populations across an area of >22,000 km2.

My colleagues and I also investigate natural resource management more broadly, assessing the rigour of current grizzly bear management in British Columbia, the inclusion of scientific principles in wildlife management across North America, and the role of values in environmental management.